George Cochrane

Athlete

1877 –

72

Who is George Cochrane?

George Cochrane was an Australian rules football player at the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League. In the first year of competition, he became one of the club's and leagues first premiership players, during the 1897 VFL season, under the captaincy of George Stuckey. Cochrane made his debut against Collingwood in one of the finals of the season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He left the club at the end of the season to fight in the Boer War, before returning in 1901 to play 20 more games over four seasons.

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Born
Sep 25, 1877

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on July 23, 2013

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